Re: [PATCH] Magic block for modules - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Robert Treat
Subject Re: [PATCH] Magic block for modules
Date
Msg-id 200606010746.56867.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Magic block for modules  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] Magic block for modules  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chris.kings-lynne@calorieking.com>)
List pgsql-patches
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 13:24, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:14:27AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Is it worth adding a module name to the magic block, or should we just
> > leave well enough alone?  It's certainly not something foreseen as part
> > of the purpose of that block.  In the absence of some fairly concrete
> > ideas what to do with it, I'm probably going to vote keep-it-simple.
>
> I actually considered it while writing the patch but decided against
> given the general tendancy against putting extra info into the modules
> in general...
>
> Personally I think it's a good idea, except: where is this info going
> to be displayed or used?
>

Marko's suggestion on producing a list of installed modules comes to mind, and
I suspect tools like pgadmin or ppa will want to be able to show this
information.

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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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